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Is there anything really wrong with being called a New Jersey redneck? Sure, every state has them. While they might be defined with a different criteria in other states, there’s plenty of them in The Garden State.

Wait. What is a redneck anyways? Well, according to the official bible of literature, the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a redneck is:

“A white person who lives in a small town or in the country especially in the southern U.S., who typically has a working-class job, and who is seen by others as being uneducated and having opinions and attitudes that are offensive.”

Plus, we thought why not add in a few stereotypes? Cause, you know, rednecks like to hunt, fish, drink, smoke and shoot things. And shop at Walmart.

Using that criteria, it’s not hard to scrape the internet, run some scientific data on where the most members of the Jersey redneck family tree most likely live.

Because, the data never lies, does it?

So, hold our beers and watch this. After analyzing all cities with a decent amount of people in them, we came up with this list as The Most Redneck Cities in New Jersey:

What redneck criteria did we use?

In order to rank the most redneck cities in Jersey, we had to determine what criteria makes a redneck.

We threw a lot of criteria at this one in order to get the best, most complete results possible. Using Yelp and Google Maps, this is the criteria we used:

The dictionary definition categories

Small towns

Least amount of high school graduates

And the stereotypical categories

Number of bars per city

Number of mobile home parks per capita

Number of tobacco stores per city

Number of places to get fishing gear

Number of guns and ammo stores per city

Walmarts, Golden Corrals, Bass Pro Shops, and Dollar Generals nearby

Note: For the sake of getting reliable numbers, we counted places within a city’s border, as well as within a short driving distance.

Editor’s note: We heard from several people that Atco, NJ should be on here. We agreed, however, Atco, and other necky places like it are townships, and we didn’t measure townships. Sounds like we should have though.

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1. Vineland

Whoo-whee, Vineland! You have the official bragging rights as being named the most redneck city in the entire state of New Jersey. You may now brag to your friends and share this endlessly on your Facebook walls.

Let’s see why. First, Vineland has one of the lowest graduation rates in the state. And it’s two-thirds white. Since it’s by far the largest city on this list, and it’s considered part of what a lot of Jersey residents call the ‘Alabama part’ of south Jersey, it sure looks like a convincing win for Vineland.

2. Bridgeton

Way down in Cumberland County is the redneck enclave of Bridgeton. In fact, you’re probably not gonna be surprised that most of the cities on this list are in South Jersey. Damn Pineys.

If you live in South Jersey, that doesn’t mean you’re a redneck. It means you live near many rednecks, and odds are a lot of your friends and neighbors are part neck.

Don’t be surprised to see lots of big trucks with either a confederate flag or an Eagles flag (or both) in tow down here.

Just think people of Bridgeton. A little more than half of you graduated from high school. If more of you had gone out shootin guns and gettin’ stuck in the mud on Monday mornings instead of learning, you guys might have won this whole thing.

Maybe next year.

3. Millville

When you combine the number of Walmarts and Dollar Stores in the Vineland-Millville metro area, it’s not quite clear if there are 15 or 20 of them, but you can be sure, rednecks here have a ton of options when it comes to the finer things in life.

What’s more redneck than price comparing at discount stores? When Dollar Tree is outta pink flamingoes, just head on down to Family Dollar.

There simply is no excuse for showing up to a South Jersey possum roast empty handed.

4. Woodbury

Right across the river from the Philadelphia International Airport is the small redneck town of Woodbury. When you look at the data, you can tell why so many necks call this place home.

There are quite a few mobile home parks in the area, and Woodbury has one of the highest number of bars per capita in the state. Which means lots of rednecks are coming home plowed from the bars, grabbing a few Busch Lights and watching the planes land from their trailer park porches.

You can see Woodbury when you’re landing at PIA. That must be quite a sight.

5. Hammonton

Well you ain’t runnin’ out of smokes and chew in Hammonton, that’s fer sure. The number of tobacco stores in the area – what we call the ‘chew factor’ – is the 17th highest in the state.

This area has been described as ghetto in the woods by many people. Whether or not it’s ‘ghetto’ isn’t our goal here today. But you can see why necks simply love it here. It’s at the base of the Wharton State Forest, where anyone with a pulse can shoot at deer, turkey, squirrels, rabbits, fish, dragonflies, each other…

Just watch out fer chiggers and ticks. And that wascally Jersey devil!

6. Hackettstown

Hackettstown is probably the only city on this list that’s actually close to a lot of people. Located in central Jersey about two beers (or five) outside of Newark, you might call them the rednecks with paychecks.

There are lots of necky things here, such as places to get fishing bait and cheap groceries. And it’s relatively close to the hills. Most of the rednecks who live here are most likely city slickers with the newest Fords and Chevys who take their families out on lengthy trips into the wilderness in the weekends.

But they still drink Busch Light.

7. Villas

Way at the tip of Cape Bay is the tiny city of Villas. Down here, you’ve got your saltwater rednecks who most likely spend the day plowing through Old Milwaukees and re-wrapping their crab cages in duck tape.

And any redneck knows it’s always crabbing season. That ‘No Crabbing’ sign is for everyone else.

There are a ton of mobile home parks, trailer parks and camping spots along this stretch, too. Nothing’s more redneck than blaring around a campground with yer big ole truck with ole Yeller in the back.

8. Newton

Simon Peter Sport Company, Newton, NJ. Google Maps

Population: 7,983Walmart rank: 13thChew factor: 15

Hey now, North Jersey, it’s about time ya’ll represent! Newton necks have it made because it’s a lot less populated up there in the wilderness, so they can do as they wish.

There’s enough up here to keep a redneck occupied for their entire lives. In fact, a baby redneck might grow up and never have to leave their safe zone on the west side of Route 206.

Some probably don’t.

9. Woodstown

The Corner, near Woodstown, NJ. Google Maps

Population: 3,493Fishing stores in the area: 12th in NJMobile home parks in the area: 12th

Oh come on, Woodstown. You know you’re all real rednecks at heart. You’re surrounded by redneckness on every level in each direction. While you’re all weathier and more successful than your South Jersey redneck peers, admit it. You love to hunt, fish and throw back cheap beer just like the rest of em.

Maybe you should let the inner redneck you come out more often. You just might like it.

10. Blackwood

Skeeters Pub, Blackwood, NJ. Google Maps

Population: 4,545Dollar stores in the area: 5th in JerseyWalmarts per capita: 2nd

You’ve got it made, folks who live in the Blackwood area. A Walmart all to your own is like short lines at Disneyland. And, you’ve got many discounted outlets in the area, including your very own Royal Bargains!

Plus, folks in this CDP are perfectly located. They’re not too far south, meaning they get a trip to the city when there’s a sale on camo.

However, the in-law redneck cousins from the Vineland area probably want to drop by occasionally and throw a few back by the campfire.

Anything for another redneck.

There You Have It

According to the official dictionary definition of a redneck, and based on stereotypes that the internet says are true, using science to determine the most redneck cities in a state can’t be too far off. If you’re analyzing smaller cities in New Jersey with blue collar workers, where people have lots of options for drinking, fishing, hunting and Walmarting, this is an accurate list.

If you’re curious enough, here are the least redneck places in New Jersey:

Penns Grove (Pop. 5,116)

Franklin (Pop. 5,049)

East Freehold (Pop. 5,586)

Springdale (Pop. 14,901)

Princeton Meadows (Pop. 13,509)

We also wrote a story on the worst places to live in New Jersey if you haven’t seen it yet. Click here to read it.

Banger’s Sport Shop is located in a different town and a different county. It is not located in Hammonton or Atlantic County. It is located in Winslow Township, Camden County.

We don’t have any gun shops in Hammonton. Zero.

We do not have any places to get fishing gear. None.

We don’t have any mobile home parks in Hammonton. Zero.

We do have a Wal-Mart, as does just about every other town in America. We do not have any Golden Corals, Bass Pro Shops or Dollar Generals in Hammonton or with nearly 20 to 30 miles of Hammonton, certainly not “close by”.

Hammonton High School has an 88%, or higher, high school graduation rate.

I do not see how Blackwood is on this list. No trailer parks. (:2 Walmart are in Deptford. 2 bars. A community college plus a Rutgers satellite campus. Middle to upper middle class community. Yes they have the premium outlets that just opened but the outlets are half the size of the Atlantic City outlets. Blackwood also does not have 5 dollars stores…there is 1. I lived in Blackwood almost my whole life and redneck it is not. It is a friendly community with a mix of white collar and blue collar who respect one another. If that makes Blackwood redneck the author of this article and study clearly is the one who is uneducated.

This is the most idiotic posting I have seen about Hackettstown yet. To correct certain facts about the town, it is not located in central NJ it is in North West NJ. There is no Walmart in Hackettstown. Technically, it is located in Mansfield, NJ. Hackettstown also is home to a large private college (Centenary College ). M&M Mars–headquarters & production is also located in Hackettstown. Yes, there are restaraunts/bars in town as there are in any other town. As for the percentage of graduates being at 80% is ridiculous. The percentage is well above that. I don’t know where you people compiled your data from, but you sure don’t do any fact checking at all. I know this is supposed to be funny but it is not to the people who live in those areas and take pride in their communities. This stupid top 10 NJ redneck city list is a joke. The only redneck is the person who wrote it because obviously, they are the one who can’t fact check, find cities on a map, and must have been drunk off light beer because it’s the only way to explain how much they got wrong about all the cities on the list, not just Hackettstown. Next time you want to bash people’s towns get your shit straight.

Trailor’s aren’t even allowed as dwellings in Woodbury; they exist in some of the surrounding townships, but you didn’t include townships, so WTH? Woodbury doesn’t even have a Walmart, but Deptford has 2, And Blackwood isn’t even a municiplaity it exists in 2 townships it covers like about 5 zip codes (Woodbury’s zip code being one of them). This list makes no sense, although I’d have to agree with Woodstown. As for bars — have you been to Gloucester? You have them at 86 probably should be number 1, it’s a whole town of toothless people. You have Princeton as 24? Seriously, Princeton, redneck? Are you high? Penns Grove is the least redneck? Again, are you high?

You really needed to include townships. That IS where the rednecks live. I mean, hell, they eat muskrat stew in almost every town south of Pennsville which BTW IS a township which you say you didn’t measure yet it’s 94 on your list.

Rural areas often use the zipcode of a larger nearby town. All those little places appear to then be part of a town they simply are not! Hammonton has no trailer parks, gun shops, fishing supply stores, etc; very few bars or entertainment of any sort. All those little townships you say can’t make the list DO have such places and get a Hammonton zipcode for mailing purposes. If you are going to use data, use data for the actual locations.

I agree that there are redneck towns in NJ, especially the southern part of the state – mostly in Salem county; but not very many of the towns you listed. Where did you get your data? For example, Woodbury high school has an 85% graduation rate. There are only two bars in the entire town. There are NO trailer parks, no Walmarts, 2 liquor stores, no gun stores and no bait shops. Plus almost exactly half the population is African-American, and since your definition of redneck is that the redneck must be white, how is Woodbury a redneck town? Perhaps you are lumping in Deptford with Woodbury for your statistics since the zip code is the same?

These facts are completely incorrect. Growing up in the top three. The correct order is Millville. Aka the millbillies are considered the redneck capital of south jersey. Vineland is comprised largely of Hispanic people so unless we are talking Rancheros that stat is completely false. Vineland is large and while there are red necks they come no where close to other nearby areas. There is a Golden Corral, which is on the Millville Vineland border because they ran out of room from all the trailer parks to fit it completely in Millville. Now depending on what consideration went into Bridgeton they might be tied for first. If you include all townships that make up Bridgeton’s postal service. You will have Greenwich, Shiloh, Hopewell, Rosenhayn, etc these are extremely redneck regions in the middle of no where. Country music, booze and farms. However if you are talking the city of Bridgeton once again that is mostly African American and Hispanic and will include scattered rednecks. Next time take a trip before posting anything again.

I lived in Blackwood for 10 years. First, it’s not a township. It’s basically a neighborhood inside of Gloucester Twp. Second, there are no Walmarts in either Blackwood or Gloucester Twp. You have to drive out to Deptford or Turnersville. Third, I’m only aware of one dollar store in the area. Lastly, there’s nothing redneck about Blackwood. It’s mostly middle class folks and a couple apartment complexes. What’s astonishing is that Chatsworth didn’t make the list. There are like three last names in that town and a third of the people have no electricity.

This is one of the most Mis informed articles I have ever read. I am a south Jersey native and have lived in the pine barrens my entire life . If you really consider half of these towns backwoods I emplore the author of this article to go spend some time out in the pines for a weekend. Most of the town’s you have mentioned the majority of us from the real woods won’t even venture to. This article was no doubt written by an outsider who has no idea of the kind gentle woodsmen and farmers who make these areas unique. Seems like you just picked the overbuilt trash towns with bad drug problems and called them backwoods. Also, Walmart has taken over most of these towns and left the mom and pop shops desolate. These people don’t shop at Walmart because they want to, they have to. Us pineys don’t take kindly to this type of rhetoric . Just a side note , hammonton is one of the most thriving farming communities in the state with a nearly self sustaining economy and bustling arts society. So I don’t see how they fall into the “redneck” category. Statistically biased articles are the sum of bad journalism. Go out and meet people and do some real investigating away from the comfort of your little desk in some suburban or urban business building.

Regardless of accuracy of claims, ridiculously uninformed doesn’t begin to describe the content. I would ask you if you had a 3rd grader do your article research for you, however that would be an immense insult to the 3rd grader.
Perhaps in your next article you could cover the deliciousness of lunch time on the moon, where the cheese is free because the Moon is made of it! (please keep in mind that this was sarcasm, you cannot quote me as your source that the moon is made of cheese)